Petryanov-Sokolov

In 1918, together with Lev Yakovlevich Karpov (1879-1921), Bakh had founded the Central Chemical Laboratory of the Supreme Council of the National Economy in Moscow. He became the first Director of this laboratory and, after Karpov s untimely death in 1921, it was renamed the L. Ya. Karpov Physicochemical Institute. For many years, this was the largest (and only) center for physical chemistry in the USSR. Despite the chaotic circumstances of its birth, it soon developed into one of the world s leading scientific centers, making important contributions to various fields of physical chemistry (electrochemistry and corrosion, theory of catalysis, chemistry of polymers, etc.). Famous scientists who worked in the Institute included A. N. Frumkin, Ya. K. Syrkin, N. M. Zhavoronkov, V. A. Kargin, I. V. Petryanov-Sokolov, S. S. Medvedev, K. A. Kocheshkov, Ya. M. Kolotyrkin, Kh. S. Bagdasar yan, G. K. Boreskov, and M. I. Temkin. 

Lushnikov A (1997) Igor Vasilievich Petryanov-Sokolov (1907-1996) - Obituary. J Aerosol Sci 28 545-546... 

The tremendous effort of I.V. Petryanov-Sokolov and collaborators led to first industrial facility for electrospinning fibrous material in the late 1930s for gas masks. The electrospun fibres were named after Petryanov as Petiyanov fibres (PF) and showed excellent filtration properties such as high breathability, aerosol capturing efficiency and long shelf life. But due to security reasons and military secrets the products were confined to USSR [16]. The first commercial sub-micron nanofibre products were introduced to market in USA by Donaldson co., in 1980s [17], by Dupont in 1995 [17, 18] and Reneker and co-workers in 1995 [17, 19, 20]. 

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